Name: Mount Sterling Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2021-03-17
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2021-03-17

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last Wednesday feeder steers sold mostly steady with best demand for 400-600 lb weaned packages. Feeder heifers sold 2.00 to 3.00 lower with moderate demand. Slaughter cows and slaughter bulls sold 1.00 to 2.00 higher with good demand.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

0–100 lb heifers averaged $125.76/cwt on 244 head.

Average price

$125.76

244 head · 532 lb average

Value per head Derived

$669

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$190

per head · Medium and Large 1-2 over Small and Medium 1-2

$24.29/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−1.68

vs KY average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1-2	529	127.29	674	223
Large 1-2	547	115.58	632	6thin
Medium and Large 2-3	571	107.37	613	14thin
Small and Medium 1-2	470	103.00	484	1thin

One grade step is worth $24.29/cwt here — about $190 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 0–100 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale244 hd

125.76

—

KY average27 barns · 7,839 hd

127.44

−1.68

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt

Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.

Class	Grade	Dressing	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Bulls	—	High	1,697	89.67	1,521	11
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	High	1,451	62.35	904	6thin
Cows	Boner 80-85%	Average	1,278	60.56	774	40
Cows	Lean 85-90%	Low	1,076	51.84	558	9thin

Every lot, as filed

97 lots · USDA AMS · Bluegrass Stockyard - Mt. Sterling, KY

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	378	131.38/cwt	130.00–134.00	497	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	482	128.08/cwt	125.00–131.00	617	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	518	121.60/cwt	118.00–124.00	630	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	658	140.47/cwt	138.00–143.00	924	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	965	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	782	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	669	132.77/cwt	130.00–136.00	888	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	531	146.84/cwt	145.00–149.00	780	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	627	114.64/cwt	113.00–116.00	719	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	765	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	949	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	390	157.50/cwt	157.50–157.50	614	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	425	130.48/cwt	130.00–131.00	555	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	334	136.20/cwt	135.00–137.00	455	5
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,070	107.50/cwt	107.50–107.50	1,150	2
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	419	164.20/cwt	161.00–172.50	688	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	767	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	982	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	321	143.28/cwt	142.50–144.00	460	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	260	131.00/cwt	131.00–131.00	341	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	467	163.35/cwt	153.00–176.00	763	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	471	131.99/cwt	129.00–138.00	622	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	514	125.80/cwt	125.00–127.00	647	16
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	628	124.57/cwt	119.00–125.50	782	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	362	139.54/cwt	139.00–140.00	505	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	618	133.93/cwt	130.00–136.00	828	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	345	159.00/cwt	159.00–159.00	549	7
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	558	149.73/cwt	149.00–150.00	835	15
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	525	154.00/cwt	149.00–157.00	809	14
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	733	130.42/cwt	128.00–133.00	956	13
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,319	903.88/cwt	800.00–980.00	11,922	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	810	121.59/cwt	120.00–122.00	985	25
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	570	149.00/cwt	149.00–149.00	849	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	470	153.66/cwt	153.00–154.00	722	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	744	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	893	20
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	583	128.26/cwt	125.00–138.00	748	30
Heifers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	470	103.00/cwt	103.00–103.00	484	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	436	135.58/cwt	132.00–140.00	591	29
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	665	118.00/cwt	118.00–118.00	785	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	780	113.50/cwt	113.50–113.50	885	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Guaranteed Open	—	720	114.00/cwt	114.00–114.00	821	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2Fleshy	—	485	124.00/cwt	124.00–124.00	601	1
Steers	Small and Medium 1-2	—	450	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	518	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2Value Added	—	629	144.81/cwt	137.00–147.00	911	32
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	360	154.00/cwt	154.00–154.00	554	1
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,173	57.11/cwt	54.00–59.00	670	12
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,270	51.00/cwt	51.00–51.00	648	2
Cows	Boner 80-85%	—	1,327	62.89/cwt	60.00–67.00	835	26
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	980	43.65/cwt	41.00–45.00	428	3
Bulls	—	—	1,774	94.93/cwt	90.00–100.00	1,684	5
Bulls	—	—	1,632	85.29/cwt	80.00–89.00	1,392	6
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,217	59.33/cwt	56.00–63.00	722	3
Cows	Lean 85-90%	—	1,032	52.53/cwt	52.00–53.50	542	3
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,446	64.24/cwt	64.00–65.00	929	4
Cows	Breaker 75-80%	—	1,460	58.56/cwt	58.00–59.00	855	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	375	122.50/cwt	122.50–122.50	459	1
Steers	Large 1-2	—	630	132.00/cwt	132.00–132.00	832	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	703	111.00/cwt	111.00–111.00	780	10
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	452	139.00/cwt	139.00–139.00	628	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	500	123.00/cwt	123.00–123.00	615	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	745	100.00/cwt	100.00–100.00	745	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,190	851.85/cwt	820.00–875.00	10,137	4
Steers	Large 1-2	—	520	137.00/cwt	137.00–137.00	712	1
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,335	955.62/cwt	825.00–1,075.00	12,758	2
Cow-Calf Pairs	Medium and Large 2-3	—	960	700.00/cwt	700.00–700.00	6,720	1
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,270	750.00/cwt	750.00–750.00	9,525	1
Bulls	Large 1-2	—	680	122.00/cwt	122.00–122.00	830	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	230	140.00/cwt	140.00–140.00	322	2
Heifers	Large 1-2	—	415	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	519	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	514	110.03/cwt	109.00–111.00	566	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	355	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	444	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	882	81.00/cwt	81.00–81.00	714	2
Bred Cows	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,318	973.88/cwt	950.00–1,000.00	12,836	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	308	155.00/cwt	155.00–155.00	477	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	1,317	1,205.43/cwt	1,185.00–1,230.00	15,876	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	410	156.40/cwt	156.00–157.50	641	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	925	95.00/cwt	95.00–95.00	879	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	581	139.50/cwt	135.00–141.00	810	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	568	120.85/cwt	118.00–123.00	686	15
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	480	143.95/cwt	138.00–148.00	691	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	567	139.08/cwt	133.00–146.00	789	5
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	620	119.00/cwt	116.00–122.00	738	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	590	128.00/cwt	128.00–128.00	755	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	680	108.00/cwt	108.00–108.00	734	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	863	93.99/cwt	92.00–96.00	811	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	431	143.63/cwt	138.00–147.50	619	13
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	683	120.01/cwt	118.00–122.00	820	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	534	140.06/cwt	134.00–146.00	748	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	470	119.00/cwt	119.00–119.00	559	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	—	702	102.83/cwt	98.00–105.00	722	6
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	427	135.75/cwt	134.00–137.50	580	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	258	141.43/cwt	135.00–147.50	365	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	335	144.00/cwt	144.00–144.00	482	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	310	125.00/cwt	125.00–125.00	388	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	445	120.00/cwt	120.00–120.00	534	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1-2	—	717	115.00/cwt	115.00–115.00	825	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	630	102.02/cwt	99.00–105.00	643	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	665	103.98/cwt	102.00–106.00	691	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2-3	—	395	142.50/cwt	142.50–142.50	563	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 2-3	—	374	140.66/cwt	135.00–143.00	526	5

How this sale compares

Kentucky weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Kentucky auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Kentucky feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Bluegrass Stockyard - Mt. Sterling, KY

Wed Mar 17, 2021

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Frankfort, KY (LS-LG)

Feeder CattleReceipts 591Last week 1,335Year ago 237

Slaughter CattleReceipts 77Last week 117Year ago 44

Replacement CattleReceipts 26Last week 36Year ago 12

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	378	130.00–134.00	131.38
20	—	482	125.00–131.00	128.08
16	—	518	118.00–124.00	121.60
3	—	627	113.00–116.00	114.64
2	—	425	130.00–131.00	130.48
5	—	334	135.00–137.00	136.20
1	—	260	131.00	131.00
15	—	568	118.00–123.00	120.85
1	—	680	108.00	108.00
6	—	702	98.00–105.00	102.83
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	321	142.50–144.00	143.28
20	—	471	129.00–138.00	131.99
16	—	514	125.00–127.00	125.80
14	—	628	119.00–125.50	124.57
11	—	362	139.00–140.00	139.54
20	—	744	120.00	120.00
30	—	583	125.00–138.00	128.26
29	—	436	132.00–140.00	135.58
Heifers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	470	103.00	103.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Guaranteed Open$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	665	118.00	118.00
2	—	780	113.50	113.50
1	—	720	114.00	114.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Fleshy$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	485	124.00	124.00
Heifers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	375	122.50	122.50
2	—	500	123.00	123.00
2	—	745	100.00	100.00
1	—	415	125.00	125.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	514	109.00–111.00	110.03
1	—	355	125.00	125.00
2	—	882	81.00	81.00
1	—	470	119.00	119.00
1	—	310	125.00	125.00
1	—	445	120.00	120.00
2	—	630	99.00–105.00	102.02
2	—	665	102.00–106.00	103.98
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	658	138.00–143.00	140.47
4	—	419	161.00–172.50	164.20
5	—	767	128.00	128.00
36	—	467	153.00–176.00	163.35
15	—	558	149.00–150.00	149.73
14	—	525	149.00–157.00	154.00
13	—	733	128.00–133.00	130.42
32	—	629	137.00–147.00	144.81
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
14	—	669	130.00–136.00	132.77
7	—	531	145.00–149.00	146.84
2	—	765	124.00	124.00
1	—	390	157.50	157.50
2	—	1,070	107.50	107.50
3	—	618	130.00–136.00	133.93
7	—	345	159.00	159.00
25	—	810	120.00–122.00	121.59
4	—	410	156.00–157.50	156.40
4	—	581	135.00–141.00	139.50
Steers — Small and Medium 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	450	115.00	115.00
Steers — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	630	132.00	132.00
1	—	520	137.00	137.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	395	142.50	142.50
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	—	965	81.00	81.00
1	—	360	154.00	154.00
3	—	308	155.00	155.00
1	—	925	95.00	95.00
3	—	480	138.00–148.00	143.95
5	—	567	133.00–146.00	139.08
6	—	620	116.00–122.00	119.00
2	—	863	92.00–96.00	93.99
13	—	431	138.00–147.50	143.63
2	—	683	118.00–122.00	120.01
5	—	534	134.00–146.00	140.06
2	—	717	115.00	115.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	570	149.00	149.00
3	—	470	153.00–154.00	153.66
Bulls — Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	—	703	111.00	111.00
2	—	452	139.00	139.00
1	—	680	122.00	122.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
2	—	230	140.00	140.00
1	—	590	128.00	128.00
4	—	427	134.00–137.50	135.75
2	—	258	135.00–147.50	141.43
2	—	335	144.00	144.00
5	—	374	135.00–143.00	140.66

Replacement Cattle

As reported

Age	Stage	Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bred Cows — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	2nd Stage (4-6 mo)	4	—	1,319	800.00–980.00	903.88
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	4	—	1,190	820.00–875.00	851.85
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	1st Stage (1-3 mo)	1	—	1,270	750.00	750.00
Young/Middle Aged (2-8 yrs)	3rd Stage (7-9 mo)	3	—	1,318	950.00–1,000.00	973.88
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	2	—	1,335	825.00–1,075.00	955.62
Cow-Calf Pairs — Medium and Large 2-3$ per cwt · actual wt
Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)	Open	1	—	960	700.00	700.00
Bulls — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
Young (2-4 yrs)	N/A	3	—	1,317	1,185.00–1,230.00	1,205.43

Slaughter Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Cows — Boner 80-85%$ per cwt · actual wt
12	—	1,173	54.00–59.00	57.11
2	—	1,270	51.00	51.00
26	—	1,327	60.00–67.00	62.89
Cows — Lean 85-90%$ per cwt · actual wt
3	—	980	41.00–45.00	43.65
3	—	1,217	56.00–63.00	59.33
3	—	1,032	52.00–53.50	52.53
Cows — Breaker 75-80%$ per cwt · actual wt
4	—	1,446	64.00–65.00	64.24
2	—	1,460	58.00–59.00	58.56
Bulls$ per cwt · actual wt
5	—	1,774	90.00–100.00	94.93
6	—	1,632	80.00–89.00	85.29

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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Mount Sterling Livestock Auction

Reporter comment USDA

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

What quality paid 0–100 lb

How it compared 0–100 lb

Slaughter cattle

Every lot, as filed

How this sale compares

Bluegrass Stockyard - Mt. Sterling, KY

Feeder Cattle

Replacement Cattle

Slaughter Cattle